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Author
Quintiere, J. G. | Chang, P. C.
Title
How To Use a Scale Model to Simulate Fire and Structural Failure.
Coporate
Maryland Univ., College Park
Book or Conf
Designing Structures for Fire. Proceedings. Co-Sponsored by: Society of Fire Protection Engieners and Structural Engineering Institute. September 30-October 1, 2003, DEStech Publications, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 124-133 p., 2003
Keywords
World Trade Center | structures | building design | scale models | structural failute | damage | scaling | heat flux
Identifiers
World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; illustration of scale modeling analyses; failure and damage factors for WTC 1 (south) and 2 (north); fire scaled phenomena; basis of structural scaling; basis of impact scaling; fire scaling of a pool fire attacking a structure; radiant heat flux results in 1/4-fire scaling